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Mouillage interdit - no fishing - Calanques National Park (Cassis/FR)

Mouillage interdit - no fishing.

 

Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #fishing #Mouillage - #boattrip #cruise #UNESCO / #MassifdesCalanques at #ParcnationaldesCalanques #CalanquesNationalPark in #Cassis, #BouchesduRhone - #France

 

The Calanques National Park is a nature reserve and some normal beach activities are not permitted to protect the marine habitat and other wildlife.

 

A calanque is a narrow, steep-walled inlet that is developed in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast.

 

 

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Calanques National Park - Calanques National Park (French: Parc national des Calanques, Est. 2012), located in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France. The Park, intended to protect and preserve a huge UNESCO coastline area coastline area along the Mediterranean Sea and extends over 520 km2 (201 sq mi), of which 85 km2 (33 sq mi) is land, while the remaining is marine area. It includes parts of the Massif des Calanques stretching between Marseille, Cassis and La Ciotat. Several of the park's best known features include the Calanque de Sormiou, Calanque de Morgiou, Calanque de Port-Miou, Calanque de Sugiton, as well as the Cosquer Cave.

 

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanques_National_Park.

 

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